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ESC -APM Compablility

Alright, So ihave had some issues in the past with ESC under 20A with the APM,hoever, 20A works great!

However not everything I want to fly uses a 20A ESC.. Say, I wanted to fly a APM DF jet that uses a 40A ESC? How would I makes sure everything will

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looking for a Quad design!

Hey yall, im looking for a very specific quad-frame design.. I cant remember what its called, and i just spent an hour flipping threw the blog post and cant find it...

A few months ago someone posted a very uniqe carbon fiber frame that uses two motor

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Help much needed DIYdrone brotheren!

Alright, I need some serious help with this one..
I have a flight tested APM that I transfered into my new big V-tail drone.
I am having some issues with the APM its self on this platform though..
The APM will randomly restart its self and recalibrate

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Ardu-Copter Heli Question

Hello

I was wondering how many people are useing Ardu-copter with the heli's, and haveing sucsess?

Also I recently got a Walkera V400do2, I was wondering if this is a usable heli for the Ardu-copter or not?

Its a 6 ch CCPM set up, but I know that the st

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APM failsfe options...

I see in the manual I have a few options when it comes to radio-lost failsafe..?

I was hoping that when I lose radio contact for any reason, the APM could auto switch its mode to "RTL"?

How would I go about doing that?

Also a little off subject.. I am h

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The Ultimate UAV project!

I know right now, there are a few people playing around with wifi-dronnes, and i know theres a ton of people using Xbees.

Let me paint you a picture called "3G/4G-UAV" utilizing 3G and 4G via smart phones could prove to be the ultimate drone ground st

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APM setup Q (I cant find in manual..)

Alright Im making serious breakthrews tonight! yay!

I got my serial port working now, and test, and setup and stuff!

One thing, when I goto setup_radio ~ It says to move the sticks to their extents (ok)

But it dosnt say anything about my toggle switch..

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APM debugging help?

So I got my shiney new APM today and went to work on soldering everything, gotta say best solder job yet.

I uploaded the code no problem, but now I have to debug the board...

I am trying to use the serial port to debug it like in the manual, however, i

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Regarding APM (a servo question)

Alright, I understand that the older Ardu-pilot could proces 3-4 channels to fly the plane.

On APM you now have 8 channels to play with?

Dose this mean I can have the needed servo channels to fly APM, and use 2 channels to control an pan and tilt for a

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APM mission planner question?

SO i have my APM mission planner up, and I just opened the APM "defines folder", and for some reason

My options like "google lables", is gone?

The problem is that I dont know exactly where I am based solely on sat. images...

any advice?

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Ardu-hareware Q?

So thi may sound like a silly question... but i ordered an adru board + sheild kit+ IMU and I got it all soldered up! but im noticing in the manual there are some cables running from the IMU to the sheild.

My question is where did those conectors come

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Loading the coade error message! =O

when i try to load the ardu_2_7 to me Ardu+ sheild i get this error!

avrdude:  stk500_getsync() : not in sync:  resp=0x00

avrdude:  stk500_disable() :  protocol error,  expect=0x14, resp=0x51  

 

Dose anyone know what to do, or what this means?

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Ardu-programming Q?

So i understand that with a 2 way-toggle radio I can fly manual, and (auto)...

You can also program certain events at way points, can you program your drone to swich modes at a certain watpoint?  Theroreticly going threw all modes?

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Triggered Events in Ardu-Pilot 2.7?

How would I trigger an event with-in the mission at a set waypoint?

A few examples would be: camera trigger, egg drop, ext.

 

I would also like to note that the APM seems to have a more detailed manual?

Obously APM is DIY Drones pride and joy, however Ar

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